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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






2. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






3. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






4. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






5. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






6. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






7. The process of completing each project procurement






8. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






9. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






10. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget






11. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






12. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






13. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






14. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






15. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






16. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






17. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






18. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






19. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






20. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






21. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






22. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






23. Graphic display of schedule related information.






24. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






25. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






26. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






27. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






28. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






29. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






30. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






31. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






32. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






33. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






34. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






35. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






36. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






37. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






38. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






39. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






40. Provider of products - services or results






41. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






42. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






43. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






44. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






45. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






46. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






47. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






48. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






49. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






50. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes